We've got about a foot of snow here! The season kicks off next Thursday, hopefully the snow will have gone by then, or a new lot could have come! Seriously has the game got any real benefit from "Summer Rugby?" One of the arguments was that in summer there would be less happening in sports and RL would get a larger share of coverage! I reckon this is a fallacy Last year was the Olympics, and Paralympics, this year there'll be an Ashes series and the Lions will be touring. In 2014 it'll be the soccer world cup. There's always something to draw attention away, plus of course the season starts just as all the hoo ha of the Sick Nations is kicking off. Time for a rethink?

"This is a very wealthy country, money is no object" D. Cameron February 2014

You're complaining there's a foot of snow (that will hopefully clear). If we move it, it will go over the entire snowy period. How is that better?

We avoid a lot of the other sports. It's impossible to avoid all of them.

The unpredictability of the English weather is one of the things that defines us as a nation, but the way the season is now, the best of what we get is usually within the season. Previously the best months, June, July & August were all outside the season.

Ive no problem with the season starting next week, afterall we didn't have a summer last year! If we were to move it I'd love it start on boxing day, I know th players might not like it but it would be a great way to start the season, with another game on boxing day!

Ive no problem with the season starting next week, afterall we didn't have a summer last year! If we were to move it I'd love it start on boxing day, I know th players might not like it but it would be a great way to start the season, with another game on boxing day!

That would also move the Internationals back a bit, to a time of year where better weather is more likely. Don't think it would happen, though, as the NRL almost certainly wouldn't move their season to match SL's.

Between the optimist & the pessimist
The difference is quite droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut,
The pessimist sees the hole.

The season starts on Thursday and finishes with the WC Final on November 30th. Does seem a tad long for the players, but how else can it be organised, given that club finances would currently precluded a reduction in fixtures?